Friday, January 26, 2007

It's a Facebook club at the University of Iowa:

The following is an excerpt I DID NOT WRITE, but I think it's something we need to seriously consider, even if we do follow Isism.

UPDATE- The stickers have arrived! They are quite handsome. If you want some, send me a message and I will have something arranged. I want to see these things ALL OVER TOWN! I especially want to see them in the ITCs, as close as possible to the staplers. We are taking this thing to the streets people. Lets get the word out!

This group is for people who are pissed about the fact that every ITC on campus has (word censored so I don't get kicked off Blogger) electric staplers instead of normal ones. Does anybody like these things? Who authorized this? Were they (word censored so I don't get kicked off Blogger) kidding me?
Isn't it clear that an old fashion, analog stapler is superior in every way to these technological blunders?

First off, you can't see where the staple is going. This results in final drafts that look like they were put together by a one-armed kindergartener. Who wants the staple so close to the edge? And horizontal? Wtf?

Also, is such a noise justified in order to bind a few papers? We aren't stapling sheet metal or nailing down shingles. The worst part is how unexpected it is. It could go off at any time! There is nothing like finishing a paper in a dreamlike stupor at 3 am, only to be jarred back to reality by a sudden CAAAAACUNK!!!

For these reasons and many others I ask you to join me in saying "What the (word censored so I don't get kicked off Blogger)?" These electrical monstrosities must be dealt with, before they conquer us all.

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